Brett Kavanaugh Hearings & FBI Tip Line: CNN Contradicts Sheldon Whitehouse’s Claims

Democratic senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island released a one-minute video on Tuesday in which he (implicitly) responds to National Review’s reporting about the FBI tip-line that was opened up during the 2018 Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings.

On July 22, the New York Times reported that Senate Democrats were outraged to learn in a letter from the FBI that the agency had received 4,500 tips about Kavanaugh during a supplemental background investigation, and had passed the “relevant” tips on to the White House. “The letter left uncertain whether the FBI itself followed up on the most compelling leads,” the Times reported.

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John McCormack

John McCormack is a former Washington correspondent for National Review and was a fellow at the National Review Institute.

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Democratic senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island released a one-minute video on Tuesday in which he (implicitly) responds to National Review’s reporting about the FBI tip-line that was opened up during the 2018 Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings.

On July 22, the New York Times reported that Senate Democrats were outraged to learn in a letter from the FBI that the agency had received 4,500 tips about Kavanaugh during a supplemental background investigation, and had passed the “relevant” tips on to the White House. “The letter left uncertain whether the FBI itself followed up on the most compelling leads,” the Times reported.